Hamsters that pack heat?

The Zhu Zhu toy hamsters that flew off shelves last Christmas (and sold for as much as 10 times their list price on eBay) are getting an armored facelift this summer in the hopes of winning the imaginations of young boys.

Parents who forbid their kids from playing with guns (and especially hamsters with guns) will breathe easier knowing that Cepia is also adding a pacifist “rock star” line featuring long-haired (hippie?) hamsters and a “wild bunch” of bunnies, raccoons, skunks and hedgehogs.

Watch the harrowing hamster stampede at Toys “R” Us on black Friday below. (Eeek! How many fake hamsters can one person possibly need???):